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sented  a  communication  from  the  Richmond  Pharmaceutical  Associa- 
tion (printed  in  part  on  page  280  of  our  June  number). 
A  communication  was  also  received  from  the  Philadelphia  College 
of  Pharmacy,  favoring  the  proposition  of  the  former  body  in  relation  to 
the  adoption  of  a  suitable  mark  to  designate  unusual  doses.  On  mo- 
tion of  Mr.  Baker  it  was  resolved  that  both  papers  be  referred  to  a 
committee. 
The  Association  then  adjourned  to  the  following  morning  at  nine 
o'clock. 
Fourth  Session — Thursday  mornings  September  gth. 
During  the  absence  of  the  President  the  chair  was  occupied  by  Vice- 
President  Baker.  The  minutes  of  the  third  session  were  read  and  ap- 
proved. 
At  this  session  the  Committee  on  Maximum  Doses  reported  through 
Dr.  W.  H.  Pile,  that  in  view  of  the  wide  difference  in  the  statements 
of  different  authorities  in  regard  to  the  quantities  of  potent  remedies 
which  could  safely  be  administered,  they  had  come  to  the  conclusion 
that  an  arbitrary  list  of  maximum  doses  made  from  such  conflicting  au- 
thorities would  be  of  no  practical  utility.  They,  therefore,  suggested 
that  a  committee  be  appointed  to  confer  with  the  National  Medical 
Association  on  the  subject  of  maximum  doses,  as  well  as  the  proper 
signs  to  be  adopted  to  designate  the  correctness  of  larger  doses  when 
intended  by  the  physician,  and  an  understanding  might  thus  be  arrived 
at  which  would  prove  of  practical  value  to  the  physician  as  well  as  the 
pharmacist. 
The  recommendation  was  adopted,  and  the  communications  pre- 
sented at  the  third  session  referred  to  the  same  committee,  to  which 
the  President  afterwards  appointed  Dr.  W.  H.  Pile,  of  Philadelphia, 
Louis  Dohme,  of  Baltimore,  and  Chas.  L.  Eberle,  of  Philadelphia. 
A  specimen  of  ground  rice  was  exhibited  by  Dr.  A.  W.  Miller, 
which  is  used  for  adulterating  granulated  sugar  intended  for  the  use  of 
confectioners  in  the  West,  who  are  led  to  believe  it  to  be  purer  than 
ordinary  sugar. 
A  paper  on  "  Drug-mills,"  written  by  Andrew  Blair,  of  Philadelphia, 
was  read  by  the  Secretary,  and  specimens  of  a  large  number  of  drugs, 
ground  by  the  different  mills  in  use  by  apothecaries,  were  exhibited. 
The  author  concluded  from  his  experiments,  that  the  Enterprise  Mill 
was  the  most  satisfactory  for  general  uses  ;  next  in  order  was  for  heavy 
